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1.	The big pop culture event of the week was the MTV Movie Awards, which was hosted by the actor whose name is spelled correctly in which of the following?





2.	Scandal! Noting their "totally platonic relationship," Justin Timberlake proceeded to grope the chest of which female Movie Awards co-presenter?
		Mila Kunis
		Megan Fox
		Kristen Bell
		Ashley Greene

3.	If you were shocked that Twilght: Eclipse and its cast were the big winners of the evening, then it's shocking that you even tuned into the MTV Movie Awards at all. How many awards did the film or its stars win?
		Two
		Three
		Four
		Five
		*By way of explanation.....* It won Best Movie, Best Female Performance, Best Male Performance, Best Fight and Best Kiss.

4.	At this year's MTV Movie Awards, Reese Witherspoon was given the MTV Generation Award. She was presented the award by Chelsea Handler, Robert Pattinson and which of her one-time romantic comedy co-stars?
		Joaquin Phoenix
		Jake Gyllenhaal
		Patrick Dempsey
		Luke Wilson

5.	Onto a music channel awards show that actually features music videos -- CMT. For their achievements in video-captured pickin's and grinnin', which artist took home the honors for Video of the Year from CMT?
		Taylor Swift
		Blake Shelton
		Miranda Lambert
		Justin Bieber
		*By way of explanation.....* As nonsensical as it may sound, Biebs did win an award for his collaboration with Rascal Flatts.

6.	More family entertainment from the CMT Awards: Which singer accidentally flashed her underwear to the television audience as she was getting down from a bar stool after singing with Kid Rock?
		Shania Twain
		Faith Hill
		Sheryl Crow
		Jennifer Nettles
		*By way of explanation.....* Twain later quipped to Crow as they were presenting an award, "At least, you were wearing underwear."

7.	We don't entirely hate the name given to the baby girl born to pop star Pink this week. Given the downright silliness of most celeb baby names, the choice of __________ isn't that bad:
		Dandelion Rose
		April Tabasco
		Honeysuckle Orange
		Willow Sage

8.	RIP James Arness, dead at the age of 88. Arness's primary claim to fame is for his portrayal of this fictional western lawman:
		Wyatt Earp
		Shane
		Rooster Cogburn
		Matt Dillon

9.	Clearly plum out of ideas as far as this "what should we put on television" thing, NBC announced that it is bringing back this reality show:
		Fear Factor
		Dog Eat Dog
		American Gladiators
		Who Wants to Marry My Dad

10.	Way back in 2005, 50 Cent's The Massacre sold 1.1 million copies in its first week. That was the last time the 1 million copy sales mark was passed, until this singer achieved it this week:
		Shakira
		The Biebs
		Lady Gaga
		Taylor Swift
		*By way of explanation.....* Lady Gaga's Born This Way sold 1,108,000 copies in its first week, thanks largely due to a promo with Amazon that reported cost the online retailer $3 million. Highest highs was followed by the lowest of lows: The sales of the album dropped off by 84% from its opening week.

11.	The line forms here for Arnold Schwarzenegger's co-stars who claim to be a mistress. Right behind ________, who this week said this:"Since we both knew that wouldn't last beyond the movie, we didn't hold back. We wanted to try everything and so we did. There were no restrictions, no promises, nothing, and it was a great time in my life."
		Total Recall's Sharon Stone
		Red Sonja's Brigitte Nielson
		The Terminator's Linda Hamilton
		Twins' Danny DeVito
		*By way of explanation.....* To be fair (kinda) to Arnold, Brigette says that during the filming of Red Sonja he and Maria were only dating and not yet married.

12.	This country singer lost his Nashville home to fire over the weekend:
		Trace Adkins
		Blake Shelton
		Clint Black
		Kix Brooks

13.	If you needed a fix for your ________ addiction this week, you got it in the form of the sitcom's cast (and SLW favorites) appearing on Inside the Actor's Studio with James Lipton.
		Modern Family
		Community
		30 Rock
		Cougar Town...or whatever it will be renamed

14.	No longer encumbered by journalistic impartiality, Katie Couric described what newsmaker this way to Jay Leno: "He actually can be a very, very nice person with a good heart. But I think he was just acting like a jacka** for a while."
		Charlie Sheen
		Donald Trump
		Mel Gibson
		Arnold Schwarzenegger

15.	The recent odd trend of stars leaving their TV shows continues, as ____________ has announced that he won't be back on the program in the fall:
		CSI's Laurence Fishburne
		NCIS's Mark Harmon
		Blue Blood's Tom Selleck
		Hawaii Five-O's Scott Caan

16.	With the original film having set the bar for gross-out disgustingness, the even more disgustingness-ier sequel to ___________ has been banned in the UK:
		Hostel
		Human Centipede
		Piranha 3D
		The Tooth Fairy

17.	Oscar winner _______'s son Weston, was hospitalized this week after he tried and failed to kick his trainer for denying him a food item. The Hollywood offspring proceeded to receive a baker's dozen of punches to his face and then was taken to the hospital by police.
		Sean Penn
		Tim Robbins
		Tom Hanks
		Nic Cage
		*By way of explanation.....* A Cage hasn't been this beat up since the reviews for Wicker Man came in.

18.	MTV got in on the redo/reboot/reimagining trend this week with the premiere of a new series based on which 80s film?
		Soul Man
		Real Genius
		Revenge of the Nerds
		Teen Wolf

19.	The Emmy-winning actress from what acclaimed cable show said this in a recent interview, which is EXACTLY what we have all been thinking. "Who the hell is Kim Kardashian? Who are these people and why are they famous and why are they advertising things and being asked their opinions about things?"
		Sex & The City
		The Closer
		The Sopranos
		Mad Men
		*By way of explanation.....* The actress in question is Edie Falco. Out of absolute agreement with her statement, SLW recommends we all support her current show Nurse Jackie.

20.	Weiner-related news: Hurting for his art this week was one comedian/TV host, who inadvertently sliced open his wrist during a mock, Weiner-esque news conference. Which funnyman had to get stitches following the skit?
		Conan O'Brien
		Jon Stewart
		David Letterman
		Jay Leno...oh sorry, we said "funnyman"